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LXXXVII. LORANTHACEiE 
1. Viscum album, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 223. A yellow-green, 
tufted, erect bush 2-3 ft. diam. ; branches terete, jointed. Leaves 
leathery, sessile, flat, oblong or obovate, 1-2 in., obtuse. Flowers 
clustered in the forks of the branches ; male nearly J in. long, 
female smaller, the two sexes on different plants. Perianth -lobes 
not persistent in fruit. Berry globose, J in. diam., white, almost 
translucent. 
Simla, Mahasu, usually on apricot trees ; March-May ; berries ripen in 
November. — Temperate Himalaya, 3000-7000 ft. — N. and W. Asia, Europe 
(Britain, Mistletoe). 
2. Viscum articulatum, Burnt. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 226. A green, 
leafless shrub forming pendulous tufts 6 in. to 3 ft. long ; branches 
flat, jointed, joints 1-2 in., grooved. Flowers minute, clustered at 
the tops of the joints, male and female in the same cluster. 
Perianth-lobes not persistent in fruit. Berry globose, 4 in. diam., 
yellow. (Fig. 143.) 
Simla, the Glen ; June-October. — Throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. 
— Malay archipelago. 
3. Viscum japonicum, Thunb. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 226. A green, 
leafless shrub forming nearly erect tufts rarely more than 6 in. 
